Educational Psychology

1. Educational Psychology
Define and differentiate important
terms in educational psychology.
Developed by W. Huitt (1999)

2. Define & differentiate the following terms:
Education:
1) developing the capacities and potential
of the individual so as to prepare that
individual to be successful in a specific
society or culture. From this perspective,
education is serving primarily an
individual development function.

3. Define & differentiate the following terms:
Education:
2) the process by which society transmits
to new members the values, beliefs,
knowledge, and symbolic expressions to
make communication possible within
society. In this sense, education is serving
a social and cultural function.

4. Schooling:
Teaching and learning that takes
place in formal environments
Define & differentiate the following terms:

5. Psychology:
the scientific study
of mind and behavior
(or behavior and mental processes),
especially as it relates to individual
human beings
Define & differentiate the following terms:

6. Educational Psychology:
Combination of psychology and
education
A distinct scientific discipline within
psychology that includes both
methods of study and a knowledge
base
Define & differentiate the following terms:

7. Educational Psychology:
Concerned primarily with understanding the
processes of teaching and learning that take
place within formal environments and
developing ways of improving those methods
Important topics include learning theories;
teaching methods; motivation; cognitive,
emotional, and moral development; and
parent-child relationships
Define & differentiate the following terms:

8. Learning:
relatively permanent change in an
individual's behavior or behavior potential
(or capability) as a result of experience or
practice
an internal change inferred from
behavior
Define & differentiate the following terms:

9. Learning:
can be compared with the other
primary process producing
relatively permanent change--
maturation--that results from
biological growth and development
Define & differentiate the following terms:

10. Teaching:
the purposeful direction and
management of the learning
process
Define & differentiate the following terms:

11. Educational Psychology
is the scientific discipline that
addresses the questions
“Why do some students learn more
than others?”
and
“What can be done to improve that
learning?”